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Our approach to unreasonable or abusive correspondence (PDF 177 KB)

TYPE:   Policy
TOPIC:   Corporate

When we carry out our functions, we often receive communication or complaints (correspondence) from people with a legitimate interest in what we do and the decisions we’ve made as a regulator. Occasionally, this correspondence is unreasonable or abusive. This policy sets out how we balance our responsibility
to respond to correspondence with what we do when that correspondence is unreasonable or abusive.

Technical bulletin: When to notify WorkSafe New Zealand about safety-critical element failures or damage (PDF 190 KB)

TYPE:   Bulletin
TOPIC:   Hazardous substances, Health and safety at work

This technical bulletin helps operators of major hazard facilities and petroleum installations understand when they must notify WorkSafe about damage to or failure of a safety-critical element (SCE).

Tertiary containment systems: For pooling substances in above ground stationary tanks (PDF 1.8 MB)

TYPE:   Good practice guide
TOPIC:   Hazardous substances

This guidance provides information about the risks of hazardous substances in the workplace. It focuses on: hazardous substances that can pool or flow, and tertiary containment systems that can be used to contain these hazardous substances if they escape from a secondary containment system.

ISBN:  
978-1-99105750-1 (online)
 

Skibo Limited exemption from the provisions of the Health and Safety at Work (Hazardous Substances) Regulations 2017 (PDF 203 KB)

TYPE:   Exemption
TOPIC:   Hazardous substances

WorkSafe New Zealand has granted an exemption (SEP2314) to Skibo Limited from compliance with regulation 11.33(1)(e) of the Health and Safety at Work (Hazardous Substances) Regulations 2017 in relation to the building that is a retail shop at 8 Okara Drive, Whangarei (the Building).

 
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Notifiable incident – Petroleum installation or non-production installation form (PDF 993 KB)

TYPE:   Form
TOPIC:   Petroleum

This form assists you to meet the requirements for notifiable events in accordance with Section 56 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (HSWA), and/or notifiable incidents in accordance with regulations 70 and 71 of the Health and Safety at Work (Petroleum Exploration and Extraction) Regulations 2016 (the PEE Regulations).

Quarterly report 2024/25 – Quarter 4 (PDF 900 KB)

TYPE:   Quarterly report
TOPIC:   Corporate

The purpose of this report is to provide an update of WorkSafe’s performance over the previous quarter to the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (monitoring department). This includes WorkSafe’s progress in achieving objectives as set out in its accountability documents, together with a review of WorkSafe’s organisational health and financial performance.